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(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1.

H. M. ASHLEY.

MACHINE FOR- MAKING GLASS BOTTLES. No. 433,062. Patented July 29, 1890.

HOWARD MATRA vsns ASHLEY (No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2. H. M. ASHLEY. MACHINE FOR MAKING GLASS BOTTLES. No. 433,062.

Patented July 29, 1890.

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HOWVARD M. ASHLEY, OF FERRYBRIDGE, COUNTY OF YORK, ENGLAND.

MACHlNE FOR MAKING GLASS BOTTLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 433,062, dated July 29, 1890.

Application filed March 14, 1889.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HOWARD MATRAvERs ASHLEY, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, anda resident of Ferrybridge, in the county of York, England, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Machines for Making Glass Bottles, of which the following is a specification.

This invent-ion is additional to a series of improvements in processes and apparatus for making bottles and like hollow glassware by machinery which I have set forth in previous specifications forming part of an application for United States Letters Patent, filed September 6, 1887, Serial No. 250,767, (Patent No. 416,149,) and divisions thereof; and of applica tions filed November 10, 1888, Serial No. 290,512,(PatentNo.403,027;) Decemberfi, 1888, Serial No. 292,766, (Patent No. 403,717;) and January 23, 1889, Serial No. 297,189, (Patent No. 403,718.)

It relates more particularly to improvements on the lip-shaping and mouth-forming devices set forth in my divisional application Serial No. 290,507, filed November 10, 1888, (Patent No. 403,024,) and in said applications Serial No. 290,512, (Patent No. 403,027,) Serial No. 292,766, (Patent No. 403,717,.) and Serial No. 297,189, (Patent No. 403,718,) or, in other words, to improved means for carrying into effect the lip-shaping and mouth-formin g parts of my parison-making process set forth in divisional application Serial No. 290,506, filed November 10, 1888, (Patent No. 403,023.)

The present invention consists, primarily, in combining with the nozzle and punch in an apparatus for making bottles or parisons for bottles an outer punch or sliding ferrule and a continuous punch-guide in one tubular part which surrounds the punch and serves at once to steady the motion of the punch and to form the mouth of the bottle so that the latter may be larger than the interior of the neck and perfectly cylindrical or of other shapes.

It consists, further, in adapting the punch and ferrule to be operated by one and the same handle in single machines or with equivalent simplicity in repeating inachines, and, finally, in Varying the protrusion of the ferrule and punch, respectively, for longer and shorter bottle-mouths and bottles Serial No. 303,319. (No model.)

by means of a pair of stop-collars conveniently applied to the combined ferrule and punch-guide, as hereinafter more fully set forth.

Two sheets of drawings accompany this specification as part thereof.

Figure 1 of the drawings represents a vertical axial section, partly in elevation, of the main parts of an improved parison-making apparatus illustrating the present invention. Fig. 2 represents an axial section of the effective end of its punch, together with its ferrule. Fig. 3 represents a face view of the punch, ferrule, and nozzle. Fig.4 represents a cross-section n the line 4 4, Fig. 1. Fig. 5 represents elevations of portions of the combined ferrule and punch-guide, showing the respective ends of its slot, and Fig. 6 represents a full-length side view of the assembled parts on a smaller scale.

Like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

A may represent the diametrically-divided parison-mold, B, the correspondingly-divided head mold or collar, 0, the hollow punch; D, the nozzle, E, Fig. 6, the hollow T-piece; and F, the T-piece stuffing-box or gland of a single bottle-making machine, such as is set forth in said application Serial No. 290,507, (Patent No.403,024,) or of each initial mechanism of a repeating machine, such as either of those set forth in said application Serial No. 292,766 (Patent No.403,7l7) and.

Serial No. 297,189, (Patent No. 403,718.)

According to the present invention a ferrule M is combined with said punch C, and together with an extension thereof (marked M forms a continuous guide for the punch within the nozzle, T-piece, and gland, and beyond the latter, as indicated in Figs. 1, 2, and 6. The ferrule serves to make the mouth of the bottle as much larger than the interior of the neck as may be desired, and more particularly to shape the same with greater perfection or trueness. It accomplishes this re sult by remaining at rest in contact with the glass while the latter hardens or sets to asufficient extent to fully retain its shape. Thus in my parison casting and punching operation (illustrated by Fig. 1) the faces of both ferrule and punch are flush with that of the nozzle when the glass is run into theparison- 7 free passage for air through the punch.

mold and collar. The ferrule and punch rise together to form the bottle-mouth m, and the ferrule then remains stationary, while the punch is projected therethrough into the body of the parison to form the neck-bore and initial cavity and until the face of the punch is returned to that of the ferrule, when the two descend together clear of the bottle-mouth preliminary to the finishing operation. For so operating the punch and ferrule by a single handle H, such handle is rigidly attached to the punch (J-as shown in Fig. 4, for exampleand its shank works in a slot L of J shape in the ferrule-extension M, as illustrated by Figs. 1,4, and 5. Preparatory to the punching operation the handle H occupies the position indicated at a in Fig. 1, at the left-hand end of the short horizontal portion of the slot L. By lifting the handle to the position indicated at b the punch and ferrule are together protruded from the face of the nozzle, as aforesaid. The handle is then moved to the position indicated at c, where it is in line with the vertical portion of the slot and rises freely therein, as represented by the arrow (l, Fig. 1, until the punch is protruded from the face of the ferrule to the required extent. The handle is then lowered, returning the face of the punch to that of the ferrule and then lowering both by the contact of its shank with the bottom of the slot, and before it is released is convenientlyreturned to said position indicated at a, which is its position of rest.

The vertical portion of the slot L is made long enough for the full stroke of the punch, and a space l within the nozzle D of sufficient length for the full stroke of the ferrule. To limit the protrusion of the punch and the ferrule, respectively, so as to provide for forming thereby shorter initial cavities and shorter months, a pair of stop-collars S S Fig. 6, pro vided with set-screws s, are conveniently applied to the ferrule-extension M so as to coact respectively with the handle H to limit the protrusion of the punch and with the gland F to limit the protrusion of the ferrule.

A stop-collar S, Fig. 6, on the ferrule-extension within the T-piece E limits the retraction of the ferrule. The shank of the handle H within the slot L limits the retraction of the punch.

To coact with an exhaust finishing mechanism, such as set forth in said application Serial No. 297 ,189, (Patent No. 403,718,) thepunch O and ferrule-extension M are simply made open-ended at their outer extremities with a To eoact with blast finishing mechanism, such as either of those set forth in said applications Serial No. 292,766 (Patent No. 403,717) and Serial No. 290,512, (Patent No. 403,027,) the punch may preferably be extended beyond the outer end of the ferrule-extension and connected by a telescopic tube T-for example, with the air-chamber of the T-piece E, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 6. This form of connection is setforth in said application Serial No. 292,766 (Patent No. 403,717) as an equivalent of the hose-connection therein shown, and the latter may likewise be employed in connection with the present improvements.

In repeating-machines such as either of those set forth in said applications Serial No. 292,766 (Patent No. 403,717) and Serial No. 297,189 (Patent No. 403,718) a suitable projection to coact with a tappet and stationary cam may take the place of the handle 11, and other like modifications will suggest themselves to those skilled in the art.

Details which have not been specified may be of any approved description, and I do not limit my several claims hereinafter stated as A to details not mentioned therein respectively.

The ferrule M, ferrule-extension M slot L,

handle II, and stops S S and the combinations into which they or any of them enter, as hereinafter stat-ed, constitute the subjectmatter of my present invention.

All other patentable parts, combinations, and processes above referred to are more fully set forth in my previous specifications forming part of the divisional applications Serial No. 290,506 (Patent No. 403,023) and Serial No. 290,507, (Patent No. 403,024,) and said applications Serial No.290,512,(PatentNo.403,027,) Serial No. 292,766, (Patent No. 403, 717,) and Serial No. 297,189, (Patent No. 403,718,) and are hereby disclaimed as forming no part of the present invention.

Having thus described the said improved machine or apparatus, I claim as my invention and desire to patent under'this specification 1. In a machine for making glass bottles or parisons therefor in which the bottle-head is cast in inverted position, a mouth-shaping ferrule having a tubular extension and forming therewith a continuous guide for an axial punch,substantially as hereinbefore specified.

2. Ina machine for making glass bottles or parisons therefor in which the bottle-head is cast in inverted position, the combination, with an axial punch, of a mouth-shaping ferrule surrounding the same and having a tubular extension provided with a slot of shape and a handle rigidly connected with the punch and working in said slot, substantially as hereinbefore specified.

3. In a machine for making glass bottles or parisons therefor in which the bottle-head is cast in inverted position, the combination, with an axial punch, of a laterally-projecting handle therefor, a mouth-shaping ferrule surrounding said punch and having a tubular extension provided with a longitudinal slot in which said handle works, and a pair of stop-collars applied to the ferrule-extension, substantially as hereinbefore specified.

H. M. ASHLEY.

Witnesses:

TILLIAM VEvERs, HENRY S. LENTY, Clerks to T. 42 A. Greenwood Teale, Solicitors and Notaries Public, Leeds, England.

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